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UK Prime Minister David Cameron has confirmed his support for Chinese vendor Huawei amid parliamentary concerns over the crucial role played by the company in the country’s telecoms infrastructure.

Telstra International has appointed ANDREW WILDBLOOD as head of north Asia. In his new role, Wildblood will be responsible for leading Telstra International’s sales strategy and activities in China, Hong Kong, Japan and Taiwan. Wildblood will be based in Hong Kong and report to Phil Mottram, executive director for Telstra International. Previously Wildblood was VP of sales for Telstra International EMEA where he was responsible for driving its regional sales strategy for the multinational companies market over the last three years. Wildblood has also worked within the Telstra network for over 10 years and was key to the company’s growth.

Middle Eastern carrier’s carrier Gulf Bridge International (GBI) has deployed full 100G connectivity between its Egyptian landing station and the company’s PoP in Milan.

The FTTH Council Europe has released its latest update ranking the 22 FTTH economies in the region where more than 1% of households are fibre subscribers, with the UK and Germany still absent.

France Telecom has announced it is to recruit 4,000 new employees over the next three years.

An Alcatel-Lucent insider has told Capacity Daily that persisting rumours that the company is set to divest its enterprise and submarine business are highly speculative.

T-Mobile Austria has threatened to reduce investment or even withdraw from the country if it is restricted from obtaining frequencies for 4G LTE.

NTT Europe has announced that it has expanded the reach of its tier 1 global IP network in Europe with new PoP locations in Budapest, Bucharest and Sofia.

Singapore’s state investment fund Temasek Holdings has sold $1.05 billion worth of shares in SingTel, lowering its stake in the carrier from approximately 54.48% to 51.97%

Telekom Austria’s proposed takeover of Orange Austria’s discount mobile brand Yesss! has been unconditionally approved by the country’s Cartel Court.